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Bill Targets Workers’ Compensation Insurance Gender Bias
No Reducing Disability Compensation for Pregnancy, Menopause, Brest Cancer, Sexual Harassment, or Osteoporosis SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The California Applicants’ Attorneys Association’s (CAAA) Women’s...
View ArticleWalmart, Lowe’s, Safeway, and Nordstrom Are Bankrolling a Nationwide Campaign...
America’s biggest employers want to pick and choose the benefits they give their injured workers. Nearly two dozen major corporations, including Walmart, Nordstrom, and Safeway, are bankrolling a...
View ArticleThe current law encourages insurance company denials of care.
In 2013, a law went into affect (SB863) regarding how denials of medical care are processed. Under the law doctors now have to request authorization for all care separately and individually. If the...
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Gender Bias in Workers Compensation
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View ArticleBenefits for injured workers that cannot return to their job due to their...
Sacramento Workers Compensation Attorney Aside from permanent disability benefits there are two similar benefits that you are entitled to if you cannot return to your job as a result of your industrial...
View ArticleSerious and Willful Misconduct Labor Code §§4553 and 4553.1
It certain circumstances a secondary claim in addition to the workers compensation injury is available under Labor Code Section 4552. This secondary claim is called a Serious and Willful Misconduct...
View ArticleWrongful Denials of Care
The State of California is playing doctor. In 2015, the Division of Industrial Relations promulgated Medical Treatment Utilization Guidelines (MTUS) that limit medical care provided to injured workers....
View ArticleSubpoenas for Employment Records
There are many reasons why we subpoena records from insurance companies and employers. We need to know the job description and requirements of the job to help facilitate our clients return to work and...
View ArticleWorkers Compensation: Qualified Medical Evaluators
The Role of Qualified Medical Evaluators in worker’s compensation claims. Represented injured workers have a choice of utilizing two different types of “qualified” medical examiners when there is a...
View ArticleChoosing the right Physician
Workers Compensation patients are usually limited in their doctor choice by the insurance company’s MPN (Medical Provider Network). But this does not mean that patients have no choices for their...
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